Book description
The fascinating story of how Unix began and how it took over the world. Brian Kernighan was a member of the original group of Unix developers, the creator of several fundamental Unix programs, and the co-author of classic books like "The C Programming Language" and "The Unix Programming Environment."
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If you have an Android or iPhone, or if you work on a MacBook or a Linux machine, then you are running a descendant of the Unix operating system, which appeared 60 years ago – and this book tells you the story of its creation and how it came to “conquer” the world of computers.
It’s written by Brian Kernighan, who was one of the Unix developers, together with Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and others. You cannot get any closer to the process than with this book, which is also full of anecdotes and tales about how Unix…
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